Facebook for BlackBerry Version 1.8 User Guide

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ContentsGetting started........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

About Facebook for BlackBerry devices.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

New features and enhancements............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Create a Facebook account....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Log in to Facebook for BlackBerry devices.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Switch Facebook accounts........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Check for the latest version of Facebook for BlackBerry devices......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Add or change your phone number in your Facebook phonebook...................................................................................................................................................... 4Visit the Facebook mobile web site.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Find more information............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Profile, News Feed, and status................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

View your profile........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Change your profile photo........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

View your News Feed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

View your friends' recent status updates, photos, and links................................................................................................................................................................. 6Change your status.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Comment on a friend's status................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Use the Like feature................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Facebook for BlackBerry devices shortcuts............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Notifications............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

About the notification list......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

View a notification..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Delete a notification.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

I am not receiving notifications on my device........................................................................................................................................................................................ 9

Change your notification options............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Friends......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

About friends.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

View a friend's profile................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11

Invite a contact to become a friend......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Accept or decline a friend request........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Synchronize your friends to the contacts in the contacts application................................................................................................................................................. 11

Link a friend with a contact in the contacts application....................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Refresh a linked friend.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Request a friend's phone number............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Wall posts, messages, and pokes.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13


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Send a poke................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Write on a friend's Wall.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13Send a message.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Check spelling automatically.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Groups and events..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Accept or decline a group invitation........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14

Respond to an event invitation................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14

Stop adding Facebook events to the calendar application................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Photos.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Upload a photo........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Create an album......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

View your photos........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15

View your photo albums............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15

View a friend's photos............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

View a friend's photo albums.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

View comments on a photo...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Provide feedback........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17

Legal notice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18


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Getting startedAbout Facebook for BlackBerry devicesYou can use Facebook for BlackBerry devices to stay connected with your friends. You can send messages to friends, invite new friends, view

notifications, upload pictures to your Facebook account, and more. You can upload pictures from the media application or picture attachments.

If your BlackBerry device has a camera, you can also upload pictures that you take with the camera.

If you already have a Facebook account, you can use your existing login information to log in to Facebook for BlackBerry devices. To get aFacebook account, visitwww.facebook.com.

New features and enhancements

Item Description

notifications You can now receive Facebook notifications without associating an email address with your

BlackBerry device.

notification email messages You can now stop receiving Facebook email notifications that are sent to the email address

that you specified in your Facebook account.

friend list performance enhancements The friend list should now load faster.

photo performance enhancements Photos and photo albums should now load faster, and photo thumbnails are now larger.

Create a Facebook account

1. On the Home screen of your BlackBerry device or in a folder, click the Facebook icon.

2. Click Sign Up.

3. Complete the instructions on the screen.

Log in to Facebook for BlackBerry devices

1. On the Home screen or in the application list, click the Facebook icon.

2. Type your login information.

3. Click Login.

To log out, press the Menu key. Click Options. Click Log out.

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Switch Facebook accounts

1. Press the Menu key.

2. Click Options.

3. Click Logout.

4. ClickYes.

5. On the Home screen, click the Facebook icon.

6. Type the login information.7. Click Login.

Check for the latest version of Facebook for BlackBerry devicesYou can check if a new version of Facebook for BlackBerry devices is available for you to download over the wireless network.


2. Click Options.

3. Click Check for upgrade now. Complete the instructions on the screen.

Add or change your phone number in your Facebook phonebook

1. Click the Friends icon at the top of the screen.


3. ClickYour numbers.

4. Type a phone number.

5. Click Update.

Visit the Facebook mobile web site

1. Press the Menu key.2. Click Go to Mobile Site.

To return to Facebook for BlackBerry devices, press the Escape key.


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Find more information

To find more information about Facebook for BlackBerry devices, visitwww.blackberry.com/facebook_support.


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Profile, News Feed, and statusView your profile


2. ClickView My Profile.

Change your profile photo

1. When viewing your profile, click the My Albums icon.

2. Click an album.

3. Click a photo.

4. Click Set as profile photo.

View your News Feed

Click the News Feed icon at the top of the screen.

View your friends' recent status updates, photos, and links

1. When viewing your news feed, press the Menu key.

2. Click any of the following menu items:

View Status Updates

View Photos Feed

View Links Feed

Change your status1. When viewing your News Feed, in theWhat's on your mind? field, type a status.

2. Click Share.

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Comment on a friend's status

1. While viewing the News Feed screen, on a friend's status, click Comment.

2. Type a comment.

3. Click Send.

Use the Like feature1. When viewing your News Feed, highlight an item.


3. Click Like.

To undo your action, press the Menu key. Click Unlike.

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Facebook for BlackBerry devices shortcutsIn the notification list To view status updates, press S.

To view your friend list, press F.

To send a friend request, pressV.

To write on a friend's Wall, pressW.

To send a message to a friend, press M.

To send a poke to a friend, press P.

To upload a picture, press U.

In a notification

To view the next notification in the list, press N.

To view the previous notification in the list, press P.

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NotificationsAbout the notification listWhen a friend sends you a new message, friend request, group invitation, or event invitation, a notification appears in the notification list.

Facebook for BlackBerry devices only notifies you of items for which you have turned on notifications in your Facebook account.

View a notification

1. Click the Notifications icon at the top of the screen.

2. Click a notification.

Delete a notification1. Highlight a notification.


3. Click Delete.

4. ClickYes.

I am not receiving notifications on my deviceIf you are not receiving notifications in Facebook for BlackBerry devices, or if you are not receiving all of the notifications that you expect,

perform one or more of the following actions:

Verify that you are logged in to Facebook for BlackBerry devices.

Verify that you have turned on all of the notifications in your Facebook account that you want to receive on your device.

Note: Notifications for third-party applications that you have added to your Facebook account might not appear in Facebook for BlackBerry

devices.

Change your notification options


2. Click Options.

To stop receiving notifications on the Notifications screen, clear the Facebook notifications check box.

To stop receiving notifications in the Messages application, clear the BlackBerry Messages Application check box.

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To stop Facebook notifications from being sent to the email address that you specified in your Facebook account, clickTurn off all

Facebook Email Notifications.


4. Click Save.

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Friends

About friendsFacebook for BlackBerry devices uses your existing friend list from your Facebook account. You can add new friends to your friend list by

sending friend requests to contacts.

View a friend's profile


2. Click a friend.

3. ClickView


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Link a friend with a contact in the contacts applicationWhen you link an individual friend with a contact in the contacts application, your friend's profile picture, birthday, and work information is

added to the contacts application.


2. Click Friends.

3. Click a friend.

4. Click Connect to BlackBerry contact.

5. Perform one of the following tasks:

If the friend already exists in the contacts application, clickYes or Select Contact. Click the contact.

If the friend does not already exist in the contacts application, click Create new.

To unlink a friend from a contact in the contacts application, press the Menu key. Click Friends. Click a friend. Click Disconnect from BlackBerry

contact.

Refresh a linked friendWhen you refresh a linked friend, the caller ID picture for that contact is updated with your friend's latest profile picture.


2. Click Friends.

3. Click a friend.

4. Click Refresh BlackBerry contact.

Request a friend's phone numberWhen you request a friend's phone number, your friend receives the request in the requests section on their profile. If the friend responds to

your request, the friend's phone number is added to your Facebook phonebook.


2. Click Friends.

3. Click a friend.

4. Click Request phone number.

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Wall posts, messages, and pokes

Send a poke


2. Click a friend.

3. Click Poke .

4. Click Poke.

Write on a friend's Wall

1. Click theWrite on a Wall icon at the top of the screen.

2. Type part of a friend's name.

3. Click a friend.

4. Type a message.5. Click Post.

Send a message

1. Click the Send a Message icon at the top of the screen.

2. Type part of a friend's name.

3. Click a friend.4. Type a message.

5. Click Send.

Check spelling automaticallyYou can check spelling automatically in messages or wall posts that you create.

1. Press the Menu key.2. Click Options.

3. Select the Check spelling before sending check box.

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Groups and events

Accept or decline a group invitation

1. Click the group invitation.

2. Click Confirm or Ignore.

Respond to an event invitationWhen you receive an event invitation, Facebook for BlackBerry devices automatically adds the event to the calendar application. Your

availability appears as tentative until you respond to the event invitation.

1. Click the event invitation.

2. Perform one of the following actions:

To accept the event invitation, clickYes. Your availability for the event in the calendar application appears as busy.

To decline the event invitation, click No. The event is deleted from the calendar application.

To tentatively accept the event invitation, click Maybe. Your availability for the event in the calendar application appears as tentative.

Stop adding Facebook events to the calendar application


2. Click Options.

3. Clear the BlackBerry calendar application check box.

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Photos

Upload a photo

1. Click the Upload a Photo icon at the top of the screen.

2. Click a photo.

3. Perform any of the following actions:

Type a caption.

Change the album.

ClickTag This Photo.

4. Click Upload.

Create an album

1. Highlight a picture.2. Press the Menu key.

3. Click Send To Facebook.

4. Change theAlbum field to New.

5. Type the album information.

6. Click Continue.

7. Click Upload.

View your photos

1. On the News Feed screen, click your profile photo.


3. Click My Photos.

To view more photos, scroll to the left or right.

View your photo albums


2. ClickView My Profile.


4. Click My Albums.

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5. Click a photo album.

View a friend's photos


2. Click a friend.

3. ClickView Albums.

6. Click a photo album.

View comments on a photo

1. On the News Feed screen or in a photo album, click a photo.


3. ClickView Comments.

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Provide feedbackTo provide feedback on this deliverable, visitwww.blackberry.com/docsfeedback.

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